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Recently characterized vascular tumours of skin and soft tissues
Author(s) -
TSANG W.Y.W.,
CHAN J.K.C.,
FLETCHER C.D.M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1991.tb01497.x
Subject(s) - angiosarcoma , pathology , lesion , sarcoma , soft tissue , angioma , medicine , hemangioma , reticular dermis , dermis , pyogenic granuloma , hemangiosarcoma , anatomy , vascular disease
This review summarizes the clinicopathological features of a number of vascular tumours that have been characterized only in recent years. These include: glomeruloid haemangioma. a multifocal vascular lesion associated with POEMS syndrome; Kaposi‐like infantile haemangioendothelioma, a borderline malignant tumour occurring in the retroperitoneum of infants, mimicking Kaposi's sarcoma histologically; giant cell angioblastoma, characterized by proliferated vessels with a granuloma‐like appearance; benign lymphangioendothelioma (progressive lymphan‐gioma), a slowly‐growing macule or plaque over the trunk or limb, mimicking low‐grade angiosarcoma histologically; largetoid haemosiderotic haemangioma. a benign lesion with a distinctive annular appearance and histologically overlapping with benign lymphangioendothelioma; spindle cell haemangioendothelioma, a lesion located mostly in the distal extremities, characterized by cavernous vascular spaces, spindle cells with interspersed narrow vascular channels and scattered plump vacuolated endothelial cells; acquired tufted angioma. characterized by ‘cannon‐ball’; involve aent of the dermis by lobules of pericyte‐rich capillaries: sinusoidal haemangioma, a distinctive variant of cavernous haemangioma which may be confused with angiosarcoma; and epithelioid angiosarcoma, a highly aggressive tumour of deep soft tissue mimicking metastatic carcinoma and co‐expressing endothelial and epithelial markers.